965: Chapter 952 Hunting Operation 965: Chapter 952 Hunting Operation PS: If you want to hear more from you, if you want to receive more of your suggestions, search for “qdread” on WeChat right now and follow us to give more support to “War of Mercenaries”!
Gao Yang’s ears were filled with Number Thirteen’s unemotional voice.
“Fishing operation mission completed, preparing for hunting operation now, cleanup team get ready, signal relay device repositioning, monitoring target’s movements.”
Gao Yang wanted to remove the tiny earpiece from his ear, but without tweezers and no one to help him, he was unable to get to the deeply embedded earphone, so he had to reluctantly abandon the idea of switching from the miniature earpiece to a walkie-talkie.
Gao Yang started the car and sped along the route Tomler would take.
This time, he was much faster.
The assassination operation against Tomler had officially begun.
Killing Tomler was not easy, whether Satan began a frontal assault in the simplest way, or the operational mode available only after Number Thirteen joined, it was not easy.
If Gao Yang could wait, he might let Number Thirteen directly take care of the hitman’s job, but it would take a long time, and it was not necessarily going to be successful, because the work of a hitman is not as simple as portrayed in movies, and Number Thirteen would still need a group of fellow hitmen to do a lot of the work.
If Number Thirteen dared to perform the assassination as seen in movies, he would have been dead long ago.
The difference between hitmen and assassins is that hitmen can be reused, but assassins are one-time use.
Typically, once an assassination mission is completed, whether the assassin is killed by the target’s guards or survives, it is no longer a consideration for them or for those who employ them.
If Tomler needed to be taken out quickly, the only way, and the most direct way, was to forcibly shoot Tomler with a gun, which would require the mobilization of more than forty people, spread out in many places in New York, coordinating for a perfect assassination operation, and it had to be flawless.
Tomler’s home was on Long Island.
If he was to drive home, he would have to pass through Delancey Street—of course, assuming he didn’t actually take a helicopter home, even though helicopter travel would be convenient since the helipad was on his building’s roof.
If possible, Gao Yang truly wished he could bring Tomler down from the air since it would be much easier.
A plane crash would definitely cause less of a stir compared to using a gun to kill many people in the busy areas of New York.
Unfortunately, to bring Tomler down from the air, it would only be possible with anti-aircraft missiles.
Using anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down a helicopter over New York, the extent of commotion it would cause after 9/11 does not need to be elaborated, but that’s not the crucial part of the problem.
The key issue was that Gao Yang would not be able to find several anti-aircraft missiles in New York on short notice, and if he wanted to throw the blame onto General George, he couldn’t use anti-aircraft missiles because, simply put, General George would not do something like that.
Therefore, if George wouldn’t, Gao Yang and his team could not— it was as simple as that.
If they couldn’t shoot Tomler down from the air, then they would have to let Tomler travel on the ground—a very simple choice.
A key factor in why Gao Yang and his team chose this time for their operation was that Tomler’s helicopter was under maintenance.
A simple and coincidental factor, but the planning of an operation often relies on such insignificant coincidences.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Tomler’s flight was grounded today, Gao Yang would have spent more time preparing to ensure foolproof success.
But knowing that Tomler could only travel by ground today meant the operation was immediately underway.
There’s a highway to Long Island.
If Tomler’s motorcade went onto the bridge connecting Manhattan to the outside world, then they would directly get onto Highway 278.
After joining the highway, intercepting Tomler would become even more difficult, so the operation would take place on Manhattan Island.
It wasn’t far for Gao Yang to get to the predetermined operation site.
He casually parked the car in a parking lot, took a taxi to the front of a shopping mall, got out, and immediately went into a van parked by the side of the road.
Inside were Number Thirteen, Little Donnie, and Eliza, that genius hacker with some social interaction issues.
The van was filled with monitors, with Eliza busily tapping on the keyboard.
Number Thirteen’s eyes were fixed on the screen wall in front of him, rapidly flipping through different images.
Without turning his head after spotting Gao Yang boarding, Number Thirteen said in a grave voice, “I have some good news for you.”
Gao Yang sat down and replied, “What good news?”
Without responding, Little Donnie hit the play button on a laptop, and Gao Yang immediately heard the conversation that Tomler had in the room after he left.
Gao Yang smiled and said, “Good, Tomler didn’t directly order someone to kill us.
Instead, he let the Iron Madonna continue with the matter.
Perfect, I was just about to look for them.
Oh, the listening device works well.”
Little Donnie laughed and said, “That’s thanks to Big Bird’s fine signal relay.”
When Gao Yang entered, he was wearing a listening device, very small, stuck to his buttock.
As soon as he sat down on the chair, the device stayed on the chair.
The advantage of modern technology is that a listener smaller than a grain of rice can still be effective.
The only problem was that due to its tiny size, it didn’t have an antenna.
Without an antenna, the signal couldn’t travel far.
But there was Jansen.
By attaching a signal collection booster to a larger drone and letting the drone hover outside the window above Tomler’s office, there was no need to worry about the signal not being picked up.
In fact, they were now quite far from Tomler’s office, with New York’s strong electromagnetic interference, but the signal from the listening device was still very clear.
Gao Yang looked at the screen and asked, “Has Tomler come out yet?”
Little Donnie shook his head, “Not yet.”
“Our people?”
“They’re in position, the vehicles too, just waiting for Tomler to show up.”
Gao Yang smiled, “Good, then we’ll just wait.”
No sooner had Gao Yang finished speaking than Number Thirteen suddenly announced, “They’re out!”
Gao Yang was in the surveillance van, but he wasn’t at the first scene of action.
The actual first scene was a bit further ahead, in front of his current position.
The ambush site was set up like the character for “king,” with one vertical line, which was the east-west Delancey Street main road, and two horizontal lines, which were two close parallel streets running north-south.
The middle horizontal line was an alley between two buildings.
Gao Yang was positioned at the street intersection that was behind the top horizontal line.
The personnel ready to strike were more than sufficient, and Gao Yang, without a bulletproof vest or communication equipment, didn’t need to take action because he had already finished the most important task.
Meeting with Tomler alone, planting bugs, inquiring about the perpetrators behind Bruce’s death—as long as he could get information, it was best, but even if he couldn’t, it was within the normal range.
Then, the most important goal was to notify Tomler that his home wasn’t safe, urging him to leave his office and walk straight into the ambush.
As for easily extorting another 20 million USD from Tomler, making him think that the ordeal was over, and misleading him to believe Satan would no longer target him, it was merely a case of catching a rabbit unawares.
The drone wasn’t just serving as a signal repeater; the reason for using a large drone over a small one was the need to install a surveillance system on it.
Certainly, for surveillance purposes, Jansen’s drone played only a supportive role.
The main focus was the dense network of security cameras stationed outside Tomler’s building.
Eliza was part of the operation, using her skills to manipulate New York City District’s road monitoring system to serve as the eyes for Gao Yang and his team.
The road monitoring system was managed by traffic police, who monitored the traffic conditions in New York in real-time.
Initially, this system was physically isolated from the external network, impossible to take over with just a hacker as depicted in movies.
However, if a janitor could plant something within the intranet to break that physical barrier, the rest would be easy for Eliza.
In fact, the janitor had already provided Eliza with the entrance and control passwords.
Her most significant contribution, aside from being the most suitable operator, was erasing all traces of the intrusion; this was the most crucial part.
The footage returned by Jansen’s drone was the clearest.
Number Thirteen, eyeing the convoy, stated in a heavy voice, “One vehicle, two vehicles, three vehicles, confirming characteristics, it’s these three cars.
They’re coming out, oh, no, four vehicles.
Tomler has increased the number of bodyguards.”
After taking a breath, Number Thirteen grabbed a communicator and said solemnly, “All teams, be alert, the target has emerged, moving along the correct route, but the target has increased the guard force.
Now there are four cars.”
After finishing, Number Thirteen grabbed another radio and instructed firmly, “Big Bird, lower the drone’s altitude for a closer observation of the cars.”
The angle of an image on one of the monitors swiftly changed, and then the cars could be seen from a slanting angle.
After a moment, Number Thirteen stated gravely, “The lead car, a Mercedes-Benz S600, is armored.
The second one is a Rolls-Royce Phantom, also armored.
The third one, a GMC van, has no bulletproof capabilities, and the fourth GMC is a bit odd.
It’s very heavy, but not heavy enough for a standard armored vehicle.
It might have heavy equipment inside, or it has a certain degree of bulletproofing.”
After finishing, Number Thirteen exhaled and said, “The target is most likely in the second vehicle, but the fourth vehicle requires particular attention.”
After saying that, Number Thirteen put down the communicator and spoke with resignation, “Mr.
Tomler’s protection is almost on par with that of a head of state.”
Gao Yang was confident he could take care of Tomler.
Tomler’s temporary increase in guards and use of armored vehicles during emergency times were all within the contingency plans, so Gao Yang was not concerned about it.
“Number Thirteen, how could you tell that vehicle was armored?”
Gao Yang asked a question he was concerned about, to which Number Thirteen chuckled, “By sight.”
“Of course I know you used your eyes, but I’m asking how you differentiated the subtle differences.”
Number Thirteen said gravely, “Don’t forget, I’m a hitman, and the most common targets for hitmen ride in armored vehicles.
Whenever a business armored car hits the market, Black Shadow tends to be among the first buyers.
Let me give you a tip, the tires of armored cars are quite different from regular cars, that’s the easiest way to tell.
You can spot it with one look.”
After that, Number Thirteen grabbed the communicator again and declared, “The target is estimated to arrive at the hunting ground in three minutes.
Get ready for battle, guys.
We have an eight-minute safety window, which is ample time, so everyone make sure to handle your tasks carefully.”
Once done, Number Thirteen gestured to Gao Yang, saying, “It’s time for you to go out.
Get those cannon fodder you recruited ready to move, and say your goodbyes to them.”
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